Bosnia and Herzegovinian

adjective

Of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Meanings

adjectiveBosnia and Herzegovinian (not comparable)

alternative Bosnia and Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinian

  1. not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    […]being made in Bosnia and Herzegovinian order to carry out the SDS programme.

    1997, Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection: The Rwanda Tribunal, page 154
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    Since the objectives and policies of the new occupiers were directly opposed to the interests and aspirations of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian populations, the whole period of Austro-Hungarian administration, until the downfall of the Monarchy, was marked by continuous conflicts between the foreign administrators and the people.

    1977, Facts about Socialist Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina, page 15

    Serbs have occupied UN protected areas in eastern Croatia and along the western Bosnia and Herzegovinian border;[…]

    1994, The World Factbook, page 99
nounBosnia and Herzegovinian (plural Bosnia and Herzegovinians)

plural Bosnia and Herzegovinians · alternative Bosnia and Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinian

  1. A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

    Bosnia and Herzegovinians generally take life a bit slower than the Western world.

    2007, Tim Clancy, “Practical Information”, in Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, part one (General Information), page 91
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    I was greatly encouraged by this positive reaction: it is clear that the vast majority of Bosnia and Herzegovinians – particularly the young – do not want to live in mono-ethnic ghettos, but accept the Western European principle of multi-ethnic ‘live and let live,’ despite the terrible war.

    2000, The World Today, page 24

    From a post-conflict statebuilding perspective the problem is that this hierarchy of priorities that places the return of a particular ethnic group to their homes above and beyond other critical issues facing all Bosnia and Herzegovinians, regardless of ethnicity, suggests a lowered commitment by the Church towards the state.

    2015, Denis Dragovic, Religion and Post-Conflict Statebuilding: Roman Catholic and Sunni Islamic Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans Bosnies-Herzegowinies
  • Bosnies-Herzegowiniesof, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina
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